From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Arnot Reid. -was sent to Peking , where he has been the most noted success of 1898 journalism . He is a quiet and very modest man , of whom you would not imagine that he was so eminently suited to fulfil the work of gathering news in a ...
Arnot Reid. -was sent to Peking , where he has been the most noted success of 1898 journalism . He is a quiet and very modest man , of whom you would not imagine that he was so eminently suited to fulfil the work of gathering news in a ...
Pàgina 40
... noted also , as characteristic of the natural amiability of the people , that , when gathered round watching me write , they did not talk , or laugh , or make critical remarks , as an English crowd would do were they watching a Chinaman ...
... noted also , as characteristic of the natural amiability of the people , that , when gathered round watching me write , they did not talk , or laugh , or make critical remarks , as an English crowd would do were they watching a Chinaman ...
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... noted in a previous chapter , were built as good roads . Yet , still , however good these roads may once have been , it is obvious that any traffic upon them must always have been costly , and that the cost of that traffic is now ...
... noted in a previous chapter , were built as good roads . Yet , still , however good these roads may once have been , it is obvious that any traffic upon them must always have been costly , and that the cost of that traffic is now ...
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Arnot Reid. A The lack of hardiness , which I have already noted , is not so much his fault as his misfortune . If Englishmen were to live in the tropics for three generations they also would lose something of their toughness . These are ...
Arnot Reid. A The lack of hardiness , which I have already noted , is not so much his fault as his misfortune . If Englishmen were to live in the tropics for three generations they also would lose something of their toughness . These are ...
Pàgina 77
... noted that none of these tales , of which I heard many , contained any reference to persecution , to forcible hindrance , or even to active ill - nature , on the part of the Chinese or Mongolians . From the missionary point of view this ...
... noted that none of these tales , of which I heard many , contained any reference to persecution , to forcible hindrance , or even to active ill - nature , on the part of the Chinese or Mongolians . From the missionary point of view this ...
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Pàgina 24 - VOLUME II. Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE. 'Sportsmen of all descriptions will gladly welcome the sumptuous new edition issued by Mr. Edward Arnold of Colonel T. Thornton's Sporting Tour," which has long been a scarce book.
Pàgina 292 - How shall two walk together except they be agreed ? How shall there be true sympathy between a nation whose political activities are world-wide, and one that eats out its heart in merely internal political strife ? When we begin really to look abroad, and to busy ourselves with our duties to the world at large in our generation — and not before — we shall stretch out our hands to Great Britain, realizing that in unity of heart among the Englishspeaking races lies the best hope of humanity in...